Daily Archives: 9 December 2023

Daily Rome Shot 877 – Wherein Fr. Z blew it.

Photo by The Great Roman™… nearly in real time!  Look at that lovely evening light. Meanwhile, as I write I’m watching Day one of the Champions Chess Tour Finals in Toronto, my guy Wesley So took down Hikaru Nakamura 1.5 … Read More

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9 December – Feast of St. Juan Diego. ASTONISHING miracle story!

Remember… If we do not believe in miracles, we do not ask for them. If we do not ask for them, they will not be granted. We are not alone: the Church Militant and the Church Triumphant are closely knit, … Read More

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WDTPRS – 2nd Sunday of Advent: “We escape neither the Enemy lion nor the glorious Lion of Judah”

Our Novus Ordo Collect (once called the “Opening Prayer”) for the 2nd Sunday of Advent was not in the pre-Conciliar Missale Romanum but it was in the so-called Rotulus (“scroll”) of Ravenna, dated perhaps as early as the 5th century. … Read More

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